ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220016
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| Date: | 11-DEC-2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-223 |
| Owner/operator: | Brussels Airlines |
| Registration: | OO-SFU |
| C/n / msn: | 324 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | near Brussels -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) |
| Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR) |
Brussels Airlines flight SN358 departed Kinshasa's N'djili Airport, DR Congo, at 21:34 hours local time (20:34 UTC, December 10) on a regular flight to Brussels, Belgium.
During the flight, at 01:50 hours (00:50 UTC, December 11) when the airplane was cruising at FL400 over Algeria, engine no. 1 (P&W PW4168A) failed. The crew declared a PAN-PAN and considered a precautionary landing in Djerba (DTTJ). Engine 1 was successfully relighted afterward and the crew decided to continue the flight towards Brussels.
When in descending towards Brussels, at 05:37 hours, engine no. 2 failed several times and relighted automatically. At 05:45 hours, the airplane landed safely on runway 25L at Brussels Airport with both engines operating.
The incident aircraft was still on the ground by December 24.
Computer problems and kerosene contamination (RTBF source):
Tests later revealed that the problem of the left engine was related to a computer problems but also that a "contamination of kerosene" was at the root cause of the malfunction of the right engine. The aircraft remained on the ground for more than two weeks before conducting a first test flight at the end of December, which was uneventful.
Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/incident-grave-de-lairbus-a330-immatricule-oo-sfu-et-exploite-par-brussels-airlines-survenu-le-111/
RTBF.
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https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/oo-sfu#1ed3a3bd
Images:
Photo of OO-SFU courtesy AirHistory.net
Brussels - National / Melsbroek (EBBR / EBMB / BRU)
21 August 2013; (c) Gerard Helmer
FR24
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2018 10:17 | harro | Added |
| 24-Dec-2018 10:21 | harro | Updated [Source, Photo] |
| 25-Dec-2018 07:36 | Ruud | Updated [Photo] |
| 18-Jan-2019 19:20 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2019 19:21 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
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